Plug-in Reference

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MIDI effects
AmpMod
This is only used for the two waveforms with “periodical
envelopes” (see above). The period value (set in beats)
determines the length of the envelope. In the following fig-
ure, Period is set to 4th and the AmpMod is 4 beats. This
results in a quarter note-based curve in which the top am-
plitude decreases gradually, repeated each bar.
Controller
Determines which Continuous Controller type is sent out.
Typical choices would include pan, volume and brightness
but your MIDI instrument may have controllers mapped to
various settings, allowing you to modulate the synth pa-
rameter of your choice – check the MIDI implementation
chart for your instrument for details!
Min and Max
These determine the minimum and maximum controller
values sent out, i.e. the “bottom” and “top” of the control-
ler curves.
Chorder
The Chorder is a MIDI chord processor, allowing you to as-
sign complete chords to single keys in a multitude of varia-
tions. There are three main modes of operation: Normal,
Octave and Global. You switch between these modes by
clicking the respective button to the left below the key-
board.
Normal mode
In this mode, you can assign a different chord to each sin-
gle key on the keyboard. Proceed as follows:
1. Select the key to which you want to assign a chord, by
clicking in the lower “Trigger Note” keyboard display.
2. Set up the desired chord for that key by clicking in the
upper “Chord Setup” keyboard display.
Clicking a key adds it to the chord; clicking it again removes it.
3. Repeat the above with any other keys you wish to use.
If you now play the keys you have set up, you will instead
hear the assigned chords.
Octave mode
The Octave mode is similar to the Normal mode, but you
can only set up one chord for each key in an octave (that
is, twelve different chords). When you play a C note (re-
gardless of whether it’s a C3, C4 or any other octave) you
will hear the chord set up for the C key.
Global mode
In the Global mode, you only set up a single chord, using
the Chord Setup keyboard display (the lower keyboard dis-
play is hidden). This chord is then played by all keys on the
keyboard, but transposed according to the note you play.